Fall perennial question
Helen Weigelt
6 years ago
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6 years agoEmily Saba
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Which perennials (and/or shrubs) look good in Fall?
Comments (25)During the past decade, I have made a very conscious effort to expand my Fall garden display, so that right now, today, my garden has 30+ perennials in bloom! The roses continue - three different "Knockouts", "Claire Austin", "Europeana", "The Fairy" - as do the two abelias, "Edward Goucher" and "Little Richard", and the two different hypericums and delosperma. Along with all the lovely grasses and plants that others have already mentioned - and some surprising reblooms from the monarda "Raspberry Wine", geranium "New Hampshire Purple" and hemerocallis "Happy Reurns" - some of my Fall favorites blooming now are: kirengashomas, ceratostigma, leucoseptrum, solidago "Fireworks", numerous sedums (but especially the cascading "Lidakense") chelone "Hot Lips", gentiana, eupatorium "Chocolate", anemone "Honorine Jobert". Full of buds and still to come: aster oblongifolius "Raydon's Favorite", aconitum carmichaeli, and many species chrysanthemums. Non-flowering, but looking great: callicarpa "Early Amethyst, and the white-berried sibling,"Duet"; all the bright red seed pods on the Cornus kousa; clusters of berries on all the viburnums and ilex verticillata, as well as the aronia "Brilliantisima". Most years, I still manage to have some things still blooming right up to Thanksgiving. . .did I mention that Fall is my favorite season in the garden ? Carl...See MoreTransplanting Perennials, Grasses, Fall Trimming or Not...
Comments (7)Thanks for the great suggestions and advice! I would love to try the Karl Foerster grsss, I googled it and it's really beautiful, I think I have admired those in various gardens around here this past year. We have a chain link fence around the perimeter of our very small back yard (which is about 20 x 40 ft), and if we decide not to spring for a wood privacy fence, that might be a good alternative to hide the chain link. Thanks for the advice about the lavendar - I didn't know about the woody plants only being pruned in spring, so it's a good thing I asked before hacking away out there! I'm glad to hear, actually, that I should wait till next Spring to transplant, I'm so swamped with work right now. The maiden grass is a real conundrum, my BF loves it and wants to keep it, but I can already see where the center area is thinner, and it flops a lot more than it used to. He will not like starting over with that initial "bare" look of new plantings, but it's taking up too much space in the front bed, and space is at a premium around here. Seems like everything the previous owners planted was done as a fast fix-up to sell the house, without regard to spacing or considering how plants would mature. I've made so many mistakes with my own plantings, too, that my garden never looks filled in and established, since I have to keep moving things. Those grasses were the one plant that looked full and lush, even though now they've gone a bit too far. One question on grass variety and color - they flank the main front window of the house, and we have a fieldstone facade, so the ligher green with the white stripe looks really nice with the stone. Since we have the lawn in front of the bed, I thought this was a more striking transition, rather than planting a tall grass that is also a darker green (though the plumes are to die for!) Are there any tall, upright varieties that would be less like the color of the lawn? I would be totally happy with this maiden grass if it would just stand up better. I do think I will end up staking it through Fall and Winter, anyway. Well, there's one of my squirrels out there waiting for her afternoon handout. Thanks again for the input!...See Moremichigan fall perennial swap
Comments (1)Well, the swap was great! It was fantastic in fact. We had some amazing plants, the food for the potluck was scrumptious, the door prizes were terrific and the jokes and humor were flying! It was a blast. Wish you had been there! Information for the swap was posted 19th July on the Get-Togethers forum as it seemed the logical place. I did not get one reply to the posting nor did I get any email asking for more information. How sad. If you would like information on the next swap, already in the planning for SPRING up in GRAND RAPIDS, just drop me an email and I will put you on the list and get back to you when the date is finalized. You are guaranteed to enjoy yourself. You can begin potting things up now and leave them out under a tree or something so that they are all set to go in the spring - that is what I did this time last year. Hope to see you there! Cheers - Kiwi http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/grtlks/exch02063619542.html?4 http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums.load/gather/msg0722455224425.html...See MorePerennials? Trees? Fall Planting
Comments (3)I agree now is a great time to start, but like stated above just make sure to water well and also don't forget to feed. Sometimes you can get perennials at reduced prices this time of year. I check Home Depot, Walmart, etc. everytime I go as they have 50% off of some of their perennials this time of year. You have to check them over because some of them look half dead, but I have gotten some great ones lately at a significant savings. Of course there is not a lot of selection, but at 50% off who can complain....See MoreEmily Saba
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